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Section 146 notice definition

What does Section 146 notice mean? In landlord and tenant practice, a section 146 notice is the statutory notice a landlord serves on a tenant before exercising a right of re-entry/forfeiture of a lease for breach of covenant other than non-payment of rent. It is required by section 146 of the law of Property Act 1925 (England and Wales). The notice must specify the particular breach complained of, require the tenant to remedy it if capable of remedy, require payment of reasonable compensation, and allow a reasonable time for compliance. Proper service is a condition precedent to issuing forfeiture/possession proceedings or effecting peaceable...

Precedent: Law of Property Act 1925, s.146 Notice before Forfeiture for Breach of Repairing Covenants (England and Wales); Counter-notice under Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938

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Notice before Forfeiture

To: [ insert full name of Tenant ] of [ insert address ]

Law of Property Act 1925, section 146

I, [ insert full name of Landlord ] of [ insert address ], the [ current ] landlord under the Lease, notify you that:

The Lease requires the tenant to [ insert details of the relevant repairing covenants ].
You have breached clause(s) [ insert clause number(s) ]; the Dilapidations are listed in the Schedule.
All remediable breaches must be made good.
If not remedied within a reasonable time, I will exercise my right of re-entry and also claim Damages.
You must pay monetary compensation for the breaches and all reasonable costs of preparing and serving this notice [ pursuant to clause [ clause number ] of the Lease ].
You may serve a counter-notice claiming the benefit of the Leasehold Property (Repairs) Act 1938 within 28 days, in writing, by personal service, leaving it at my abode or business, or by registered/recorded post to [ address for service ]; deemed served on ordinary delivery.

Signed: ………………………… Date: ……………….

The Schedule

Breaches of covenants to repair [ insert details ]...

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